Red River

I'm off to a much needed writers' retreat this weekend in Red River, NM. The area is so beautiful, the air so clean, and the company so inspiring. To be a writer for an entire weekend, and not worry about the other jobs--mom, wife, teacher, etc.--should rejunvenate the spirit. Don't get me wrong. I love being a wife/mom, and even enjoy being a teacher, but, sometimes, just being one thing is so refreshing. No multitasking this weekend.

And, in exciting news, I have seen the book, it is lovely. Temptation's Warrior, the final edition, has arrived in all its hardcover glory. Do pick it up if you can and if not, tell you local library to order it for you. Here are the details:
TEMPTATION'S WARRIOR by Gabriella Anderson
ISBN 1-59434-418-4
Ask for it at your local bookstore.

Now I'm off to the mountains.
--Gabi

Reviews, reviews

I received my first reveiws for TEMPTATION'S WARRIOR. They like it, they really like it. (OK, is that line getting as old for you as it is for me?)

Check them out at http://www.loveromances.com/temptationswarrior_janalee.html

and http://bookcrossing.com/journal/3282624/HARRIET/book_-Temptations-Warrior-Gabriella-Anderson


--Gabi

It's 6:30 in the morning...

...and I'm getting ready for school (that's work, you know), and I'm grumpy. Who wouldn't be? It's an ungodly hour, and I don't even drink coffee (not for any particular reason except that to drink it I need it with half cream and about four sugars until it tastes like hot coffee ice cream, but at that point I'm thinking calories, so it's just not worth it.) The sun isn't even in the sky yet (not that we've had sun for the past-gulp-five days). This is definitely not my favorite time of year. I don't like getting cold. The days are shorter, and it's still too warm to wear my calf length stadium jacket--which is definitely overkill here in New Mexico, but I already mentioned I hate getting cold. And on top of all that I don't do mornings well (You read that post, right?). My afternoon classes definitely fare better than my morning classes.
So as I peek outside and see...nothing...I realize it's time to shut off the machine (this one) and continue putting on the make up, make sure the family is awake, and maybe rethink the whole coffee thing. Oh, yes, I don't do tea either, and it's just too early for booze.
--Gabi

1000 places to see before you die...

In the book of the same title, Patricia Schultz lists the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta. Now, it's easy for me to see this particular event because I live here, but that doesn't diminish the joy one feels as the hundreds (yes, literally hundreds, maybe even a thousand today) of hot air balloons take to the air and fill the morning sky with color and shapes and whimsey. You can't help but smile. My sister has never been and has said that she lived in a place with a balloon fiesta and it was nice. She doesn't get it. This is huge. You've never seen so many hot air balloons in one place. We took 120 pictures this morning (Thank God for digital cameras). Sometime in your life you should make the effort and see this amazing event.

So now I can cross off one more of the 1000 things I have to see before I die.

Hey, if I've been ten times, is my total of places to see now 990?
--Gabi